I hate shrimp!

it's probably your method of using nylons or netting that is failing you. this is the guaranteed way:

use 1/2" flexible hose to create a long tube that will go to the bucket. Use 12" of rigid 1/2" tube to connect to that to make a rigid wand. Now, cut 1/2" off the hose. you now have a little bit of round hose. Take your nylons or net, and place it over the end of the wand. now, press the rubber hose over the net, onto the wand, and trim the excess net. I prefer to use a fine filter bag, but nylons should work, or a REAL brine shrimp net would work... but the fine mesh nets sold in most places as brine shrimp nets will not even catch first day brine shrimp... you need the really really fine ones that are stretchy.
 
how big is your tank?
in my 10 gallon rcs tank i take a stick and stir up my substrate a bunch. then i take a big cup and kinda skim the water from the top of the water. i wait untill all of the dust settles and clean the filter.
 
I use HOB power filters with sponges on the intake tubes on all my shrimp tanks. To change the water, I simply take the cover off the HOB and put the siphon tube in the back of the filter to draw water out. As was pointed out earlier, this won't remove solid waste from the tank, but that should be fine if you don't overfeed the tank. I have been doing water changes this way in my shrimp tanks for years and it works just fine. NO shrimp loss or worries of the stupid things swimming right up to the hose. I do it this way for my amphipod tank as well, so no worries there either! I do my best to find easier ways to do things, so my HOBBY seems less like a JOB. That way it remains enjoyable. The only thing with the HOB is to make sure the sponge over the intake tube is at least half clean, or the hose will pull out more water than the filter can draw in.

Hope any of this helps. I know not everyone uses the HOB's on their shrimp tank, but I love the extra space to stuff beneficial media such as Purigen, etc. I don't use the cartridges in the filter, since the sponge is over the intake. To control water flow, I simply lift the intake tube slightly upward until proper flow is achieved. As the sponge gets dirtier and water flow decreases, I push the intake tube down a little. When it's down all the way, and the flow is a tad more than a trickle, it's time to clean the sponge.
 
I use a sponge filter on the tank end of the siphon hose. Simple, no problems. Try the sponge from a hagen elite sponge filter (the round black one) like this:

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/fish/filters_pumps/internal_filters/hagen/60521

The "sponge only" is available as a replacement cheap.
I guarantee you wont suck up any babies with that!

IME, RCS breed so fast I tend not to worry TOO much about losing one here -n- there...
 
i use a peice of fine mesh. the holes are way too small for even the teeniest shrimp to fit through. i recycled the material from some sexy undies an ex bought me (: *blush* but it was the only thing i could find with small enough holes to not worry about the babies.
 
What I do with my shrimp tank is the following.

Take a sheet of bounty, fold it over so it's 4 layers, put a rubber band around it several times very tight, and there you go.

I've never lost a shrimp.

I would suggest getting a python or comparable product though, that's what I use and I've had 0 problems with it.
 
I use bounty and I've never had a problem.
It's white fibrous material, I use it for everything.
 
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use 1/2" flexible hose to create a long tube that will go to the bucket. Use 12" of rigid 1/2" tube to connect to that to make a rigid wand. Now, cut 1/2" off the hose. you now have a little bit of round hose. Take your nylons or net, and place it over the end of the wand. now, press the rubber hose over the net, onto the wand, and trim the excess net.
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I'm a little daft so I'm not understanding this... How do I connect a 1/2 hose to a 1/2 tube? And all the rest isn't clear to me either.


Guys, I have used nylons and stretchy, fine brine shrimp nets. I mean come on, I already said that. Also, I don't over feed but there is solid waste material and if I don't get it, it'll cause toxins. So I'm just supposed to leave it??

I keep a bare tank bottom right now and leaving a film of shrimp crap bothers me. Some time soon I hope to convert my shrimp tank into a Diana Walstad tank (complete with potting soil) and then I won't worry so much about leaving solid waste but now, with a bare tank bottom, I don't like leaving all it to just sit there and build up.
 
Koshy said:
I use bounty and I've never had a problem.
It's white fibrous material, I use it for everything.
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Okay, I got Bounty mixed up with Bounce in my head (which would be TERRIBLE to use in an aquarium), and since you had only made that one post, you can see how I thought you were kidding.


Continue on with the shrimp discussion please:
 
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